Monday 12th September 2011 at 2100 NZST (0900 UTC)
My apologies but for reasons beyond my control the contest will be run on Monday 12th September 2011 at 2100 NZST one week later than previously advertised.
For the second year the contest will be a blend the old rules with improvements suggested by contestants. Please read the rules carefully.
(On WVHFG Letterhead, Addressed to the General Secretary of NZART, Dated 24 November 2010)
Doug has provided long and dedicated service to NZART and it’s members over a period of more than 30 years. The contribution he has made to the wellbeing and growth of Amateur Radio is both unique and significant. We recommend Doug for the honour of Life Membership of the Association in recognition of this meritorious service.
Maps of the New Zealand Amateur Radio beacons, digipeaters and repeaters using Google Maps are now avaliable on the VHF Group Website at https://vhf.nz/maps .
The maps are available as maps embedded into this website, displayed in Googler Maps and as KMZ files that can be displayed using Google Earth or any other software that reads KMZ files. These maps contain information from the following sources:
Colonial Knob 7075 has become, at least temporarily, the first Amateur Radio P25 digital voice repeater in New Zealand! How has this happened? Read on…
The Colonial Knob repeater at 7075 has undergone a comprehensive upgrade and is now Project P25 capable as a result of the failure of the original repeater equipment. Unfortunately this has happened at the same time that on-going repairs to the power line that feeds the Belmont 710 site has meant that there is only sufficient power to maintain the UHF National System facilities at Belmont.
Peter ZL4WDR submitted the following article as of potential interest to Radio Amateurs:
"Revolutionary radio comes in cubes" (theregister.co.uk).
"Alcatel-Lucent has developed a magical radio that can do 2G, 3G and 4G in a two-inch cube, remove unsightly antennas, reduce network costs enormously, and save the planet too."
An interesting development, and worth a look. Thanks for the heads-up, Peter.
The provisional results of the NZART Doug Gorman Memorial Frequency Measuring Contest 2010 have been updated today, Thursday 23/9 (see below). The change alters the order of the first three placing of the Norm Edwards section.
The format of the results below are NAME CALL AV Hz SD Hz RESULT:
ULTRA
Wayne ZL2BKC 0.1142 0.077 1st in Ultra and 1st overall - GPSDO
Ian ZL1AOX 0.1524 0.107 2nd in Ultra - GPSDO
Peter ZL4LV 0.1888 0.080 3rd in Ultra - Rubidium
NORM EDWARDS
Brian ZL1IE 0.1343 0.144 1st in Norm Edwards
The Wellington VHF Group is pleased to announce the five frequencies for the NZART Doug Gorman Memorial Frequency Measuring Contest.
Calibration Frequency: 3895.000000 kHz (not part of the contest)
Frequency 1: 3899.942011 kHz
Frequency 2: 3890.100100 kHz
Frequency 3: 3897.099785 kHz
Frequency 4: 3893.599292 kHz
Frequency 5: 3894.351144 kHz
There is still some more work to do before provisional results for competitors can be published. Stay 'tuned'.
John ZL4JY
